Bryce Dessner Quotes
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
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People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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We lived in a classless society. We'd spend a summer at Gore Vidal's house in Italy, but we were on and off welfare.
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It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now.
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If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.
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I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.
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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.
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I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical concepts deeply inform the way I think about the world. The idea of 'opposing truths at extremes' is a powerful concept that I came to appreciate in my twenties.
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International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.
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A thoughtful cup of tea brought to your bedside each morning means more to me than the huge bouquet of flowers bought once a year.
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There is much more immediate access to creative music through online communities and blogs which have touched all corners of the music world including contemporary classical.
